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Europe’s only trade-show for brain and spine experts.

The European Neuro Convention is Europe’s only trade show dedicated to providing unparalleled expert insight into the latest technology and trends that are advancing the neuro-surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation and brain stimulation fields at an incredible speed. Combining expert led seminars, innovative workshops and masterclasses with over 150 exclusively selected exhibitors makes this the one show you cannot miss.

European Neuro Convention runs alongside:

When Is The Show?

6th to 7th June 2018, ExCeL London

Doors: 10AM - 5PM

New research keeps brains alive outside of body for 36 hours

The researchers were able to keep the brain of a pig alive outside the body by circulating oxygen-rich fluid through the organs.

Speaking on the research Nenad Sestan, neuroscientist from Yale University, said:

“Hypothetically, somebody takes this technology, makes it better, and restores someone’s [brain] activity. That is restoring a human being. If that person has memory, I would be freaking out completely.”

Professor of Neurodegeneration at UCL, Frances Edwards also commented on the experiment:

“It could be useful for studying connections between cells and at some level working out the network interactions in a large brain. There would be some advantages for imaging and certainly for developing imaging techniques.”

However, Frances Edwards was also keen to add:

“It would be a major, pretty much impossible step even to get this far with a human brain. Both in the pig and in a human, the whole brain is only available at death, but in the pig, you are taking a healthy animal and able to control exactly when and how it dies and immediately take out the brain. It would need to be cooled within a few minutes and then only rewarmed when oxygenated.”